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# Escaping Terminal-Mode In An Nvim Terminal
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A recent
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[TIL](https://til.hashrocket.com/posts/iity78ly38-open-a-zsh-terminal-in-a-split-window-in-neovim)
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by Chris Erin showed how to split open a terminal in a
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[Neovim](https://neovim.io/) session -- `:sp term://zsh`.
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The terminal is emulated into a Vim buffer which means that you can treat it
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sort of like any other Vim buffer. You start in Normal mode. Once you use
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any mapping that would transition you into Insert mode, you'll instead find
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yourself in _Terminal_ mode. Terminal mode works just like any `zsh`
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session (give `ls` a try).
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Try hitting `<Esc>` though and you'll see that you stay in Terminal mode
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instead of being transitioned back to Normal mode.
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So how do you get back to Normal mode?
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Hit `<Ctrl-\><Ctrl-n>`.
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This is a pretty awkward key mapping though, so follow [the Nvim Terminal
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docs](https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html) and bring back
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the Escape key.
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```vimscript
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:tnoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-n>
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```
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